Bottle-stopper



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BOTTLE STOPPER.

N 290,577; Patented Dc. 18. I883.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 290,577, dated December18. 1883,

Application filed October 3, 1883. {Modem To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES Orro HAMMER, of Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in BottleStoppers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the let ters of reference markedthereon.

My invention relates to bottle'stopp ers; and it consists in the partswhich will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilledin the art with which my invention is mostnearly connected to make and use it, I will proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this application,Figure lis an isometrical perspective view of my improvement. Fig. 2represents the stopple and parts in position when the stopple is justentered intothe mouth of the bottle. Fig. 3 represents the position ofthe parts when the stopple is removed from the mouth of the bottle. Fig.4 is a side elevation of the cap for carrying the stopple, the lattershown in transverse section. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a bottle-neckand the parts in their proper position when the stopper is locked.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, A represents the cap,having two pendants, B, in each of which is a slot, 0. On the under sideof the cap A is a button-head pendant, I, over which is placed ametallic stopple, E.

Around the neck of the bottle is secured a semicircular band, G, havingtrunnions F. Said band is secured in position through the medium of awire, H, passing around one-half of the neck of the bottle and over andaround the trunnions F.

D is alcver, the inner ends of which, in contour, are in the form of apainters palette, having each a curved link, 0", in which is formed acurved slot, 0, therein, in which slots are placed the trunnions F ofthe semicircular band G. The arms of the leverDpass through the slotsGin the pendants B of the cap A. The curved links 0 are in the nature ofhooks on the arms 1). By means of this arrangement a recess, 0, isformed, in which the linked pendant- B is drawn when the stopper islooked, as shown in Fig. 5.

hen the stopper is locked, the trunnion F lies in the point of the link0". The object in slotting the pendants 'B is to permit the insertion ofthe hooks 0 when the parts are first put to and the curvature of thecurved slots 0 are such that in pressing down upon the outer end of thearm of the lever D, so as to bring it against the neck of the bottle, asindicated in Fig. 1, the stopple E will be forced down into the bottleand be securely held therein. The slot 0 in the pendants B and the slots(3 in the ends of the lever D allow sufficient play of the lever D withrelation to the trunnions F and pendants B for the ready adjustment ofthe stopple E in the mouth of the bottle, as shown inFig. 2, or itsentire removal from the mouth of the bottle, as shown in Fig. 3.

The operation of the device is as follows: The stopper E is insertedinto the mouth of the bottle by hand, as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings. The trunnions F will then lie in the inner ends of the slots Cin the lever D. The arms of said lever will then lie loosely in about ahorizontal position in the cap-pendant slots 0. Then by pressing down onthe outer end of said lever the pendants B will be drawn down and thestopple E thereby forced into the. neck of the bottle. By pressing downon the lever when in the position shown in Fig. 2, it is partly drawnthrough the slots G to the position shown in Fig. 1. Such operationreverses the position of the trunnions F in the slots v0. The pendants Band trunnions F lie substantially in a vertical line. Therefore when thelever is forced down, as shown in Fig. 1, it acts as a link in securingthe pendants B to the fixed trunnions F. Thetendency of the compressedrubber stopper to raise the metal stopper and its pendants is overcomeby the arrangement in a straight line of the pendants, the bearingpointsof the lever 011 the pendants, and the bearing-points of the leveragainst the under side of the trunnions. This arrangement holds thestopper down securely into the neck of the bottle. To unlock the stopperthe lever is moved from the position shown in Fig. 5

to that shown in Fig. 2. WVhile it is being so moved from one positionto the other, the notch e is moved tway from the pendant in onedirection and Elie end of the slot 0 is 5 moved away from the trunnionsin the opposite direction without disturbing the rectilinear arrangementabove mentioned. Consequently the stopper remains locked in the mouth ofthe bottle until the portions of the is lever which bear against theslots-in the pendants are inclined slightly from a horizontalpositionwith the cross-bar of the lever above the horizontal plane, when theelasticity of the compressed stopper causes the pendants I 5 to ride upthe inclines and release the stopper, the free end of the lever being atthe same time thrown upward. The lever may then be raised and throwninto the position shown in Fig. 3; or the stopper may be seized by itspendants 20 and thrown with the lever to the side of the neck of thebottle opposite to that shown in Fig. 3. By throwing it as seen in Fig.8, the stopper is pendent from the lever. WVhen the lever and thestopper are thrown to the oppo- 2 5 site side, the stopper rests uponthe lever.

What I claim as of my invention is- 1. In a bottle-stopper, thecombination of the curved lever D, having a link on each of its innerends, trunnions F, fixed to the outer neck of the bottle, and the cap A,provided 0 with pendants B, having openings for the reception of thelever-arms, substantially as de- 0. orro HAMMER.

W'itnesses:

JOHN KAIsER, A. O. J OHNSTON.

